Britain is no country for old men

'That is no country for old men....Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.' W.B.Yeats 'Sailing To Byzantium.' 1926

Saturday, 14 July 2012

Britain is a country which faces future decades of austerity and blames it on the cost of more and more old men

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An article in the 'Gaurdian' two days ago was entitled : UK austerity set to last decades as cost of ageing population rises ...
Friday, 13 July 2012

Britain is still a country with a band of old musicians called The Rolling Stones

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The 'Daily Mail' ran a story yesterday entitled : Rolling back 50 years: After countless hits (and even more wrinkles) the Stones...
Thursday, 12 July 2012

Britain is a country no longer to be entertained by an old actor called Peter O'Toole

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Peter O'Toole, veteran actor of stage and screen, who has appeared in 67 movies and will be 80 in August,  has announced that he is reti...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

Britain was no country and Greater Manchester no city for a distressed, handcuffed and very old man with Alzheimer's disease

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An article in the 'Daily Mail' was entitled : Did police have to handcuff dementia patient? Treatment of distressed 84-ye...
Saturday, 7 July 2012

Britain is no longer a country for and says "Goodbye" to an old film actor beloved by 'The Beatles' who "made the clouds disappear" called Victor Spinetti

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Victor Spinetti, Welsh-born actor of stage and screen, has died at the age of 82. What you possibly didn't know about Victor, that he...
Friday, 6 July 2012

Britain, no country for old men and no country for its oldest, brave and robbed old lady called Miss Grace Jones

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An article in the 'Daily Mail' yesterday was entitled : Britain's oldest woman, 112, who survived the Blitz a...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Britain is still a country for and says "Happy Birthday" to an old playwright called Tomáš Straussler, aka Tom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard is 75 years old today. Things you possibly didn't know about Tom or, to use his real name, Tomáš Straussler, that he : *...
Monday, 2 July 2012

Britain is a country where old hippies revisit Matala on the island of Crete and dream of the time when they, Joni Mitchell and the World were young

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2012 : The holiday resort of  Matala on the Greek island of Crete held a three-day music festival to recall its 'hippy...
Saturday, 30 June 2012

Britain is an old country with an island called Jersey where an old treasure hunter called Reg will grow rich from a hoard of old coins

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                                                                                            An article in 'The Daily Mail' today ...
Friday, 29 June 2012

Britain is a country where young dogs teach old men new tricks

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My wife and I have become dog owners. A nine week old pug, named 'Klaus Schmidt' by her, has joined the household and I have the fee...
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70+ post-Second World War baby-boomer looking for and finding some surprising answers to the question : "Is Britain no country for Old Men ?"
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